Princess. Captive. Gladiator. Always a Warrior.
Fallon is the daughter of a proud Celtic king and the younger sister of
the legendary fighter Sorcha. When Fallon was just a child, Sorcha was
killed by the armies of Julius Caesar.
On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Fallon is excited to follow in
her sister's footsteps and earn her place in her father's war band. She
never gets the chance.
Fallon is captured and sold to an elite training school for female
gladiators--owned by none other than Julius Caesar himself. In a cruel
twist of fate, the man who destroyed Fallon's family might be her only
hope of survival.
Now, Fallon must overcome vicious rivalries, deadly fights in and out of
the arena, and perhaps the most dangerous threat of all: her
irresistible feelings for Cai, a young Roman soldier and her sworn
enemy.
A richly imagined fantasy for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Cinda Williams
Chima, The Valiant recounts Fallon's gripping journey from fierce
Celtic princess to legendary gladiator and darling of the Roman empire.